Dawson's Creek: Dawson Leery's Complete Movie Collection
All the movies rented at the screenplay rental store or referenced in the 1990s television series Dawson's Creek
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- CreatorKevin WilliamsonStarsJames Van Der BeekKatie HolmesMichelle WilliamsTwo childhood best friends, Dawson and Joey, go through different stages of adolescence together. Their friendship is later tested when they both start a relationship with different people.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(A girl at the screen play store asks if the film goes in the Drama or Comedy section.) - DirectorMike NicholsStarsDustin HoffmanAnne BancroftKatharine RossA disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(The first time we see Ms. Jacobs at the screen play store. She comes into the store and asks to rent the graduate.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(Dawson's favourite movie.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDustin HoffmanRobin WilliamsJulia RobertsWhen Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(Dawson's favourite director is Spielberg. Dawson's room contains many famous Spielberg posters.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanIn 1936, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis can obtain its awesome powers.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(Dawson's favourite director is Spielberg. Dawson's room contains many famous Spielberg posters.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom SizemoreFollowing the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(Dawson's favourite director is Spielberg. Dawson's room contains many famous Spielberg posters.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDanny GloverWhoopi GoldbergOprah WinfreyA tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(Dawson's favourite director is Spielberg. Dawson's room contains many famous Spielberg posters.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(Dawson's favourite director is Spielberg. Dawson's room contains many famous Spielberg posters.) - DirectorRob ReinerStarsBilly CrystalMeg RyanCarrie FisherHarry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(At the onset of their sophomore year of high school, Dawson Leery and his best friend, Joey Potter, battle with the knowledge that their lifelong friendship may be changing. Dawson jokes with Joey that not all men and women have to be romantic or have sexual feelings.) - DirectorJim GillespieStarsJennifer Love HewittSarah Michelle GellarAnne HecheFour young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
(A poster in Dawson's room and in the Screen-play video store.) - DirectorJack ArnoldStarsRichard CarlsonJulie AdamsRichard DenningA strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.Season 1 Episode 2 - Dance
(Dawson makes a horror movie wear Pacey wears a Black Lagoon costume.) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination of his mother.Season 1 Episode 2 - Dance
(When Dawson makes his horror movie, he makes a few script changes to adapt to an alternative ending in order for Joey to not kiss Pacey.) - DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.Season 1 Episode 2 - Dance
(When Dawson makes his horror movie, he makes a few script changes to adapt to an alternative ending in order for Joey to not kiss Pacey.) - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsBurt LancasterMontgomery CliftDeborah KerrAt a U.S. Army base in 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his commanding officer's wife and top aide begin a tentative affair.Season 1 Episode 3 - Kiss
(The introduction to episode 3. How Dawson imagines his first kiss with Jen.) - DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsIlene WoodsJames MacDonaldEleanor AudleyWhen Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq and from her Fairy Godmother.Season Episode 3 - Kiss
(Just before Anderson Crawford kisses Joey in the sand she makes an excuses saying she has to go. Anderson sees her as a Cinderella figure.) - DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsSylvester StalloneTalia ShireBurt YoungA small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight the world heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.Season 1 Episode 3 - Kiss
(Dawson has the opportunity to join the film class as a silent observer, but can't keep quiet when he sees the film is in trouble. He references that the underdog is the best character to explore.) - DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsRalph MacchioPat MoritaElisabeth ShueA martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.Season 1 Episode 3 - Kiss
(Dawson has the opportunity to join the film class as a silent observer, but can't keep quiet when he sees the film is in trouble. He references that the underdog is the best character to explore.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Season 1 Episode 5 - Hurricane
(Dawson and Joey step into his closet and recreate their childhood activities reciting the film as a way to break from the harsh reality.)
There is also another reference of this movie later in:
Season 4 Episode 1 - Coming Home
(The friends of Capeside go to the dive-in where they are screening this film as way to celebrate the last days of summer.) - DirectorJohn HughesStarsEmilio EstevezJudd NelsonMolly RingwaldFive high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a great deal more in common than they thought.Season 1 Episode 7 - Detention
(After Dawson, Joey, Jen and Pacey individually commit various violations at school, they all get stuck together for an eight-hour Saturday of detention.) - DirectorAnthony MinghellaStarsRalph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeAt the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.Season 1 Episode 8 - Boyfriend
(Joey releases that the only way she can put her sister's Bessie's baby to sleep is to play the English Patient.) - DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.Season 1 Episode 8 - Boyfriend
(Joey references Bessie's baby as this demonic creature that keeps her up all night.) - DirectorGeorge LucasStarsRichard DreyfussRon HowardPaul Le MatA group of teenagers in California's central valley spend one final night after their 1962 high school graduation cruising the strip with their buddies before they pursue their varying goals.Season 1 Episode 9 - Roadtrip
(Dawson's references this movie when they are beginning their roadtrip to the nightclub.) - DirectorTom ShadyacStarsJim CarreyCourteney CoxSean YoungA goofy detective specializing in animals goes in search of the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins.Season 1 Episode 9 - Roadtrip
(When Dawson meets a film college girl at the club she fights with him saying that Speilberg is not a film artist and only makes blockbusters. She compares this point by joking that Ace Ventura would be taught in film school.) - StarsLarry VincentCurley MyersHal FryarTelevision airings of the classic shorts featuring the crazy trio.Season 1 Episode 10 - Double Date
(A glimpse of the show is playing when Dawson enters the screen-play store.) - DirectorWes CravenStarsNeve CampbellCourteney CoxDavid ArquetteTwo years after the first series of murders, as Sidney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.Season 1 Episode 11 - The Scare
(Introduction to the episode.) - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsDonald PleasenceJamie Lee CurtisTony MoranFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.Season 1 Episode 11 - The Scare
(Pacey asks Dawson who what movie villain he is going as which he guesses Mike Myers.) - DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsBetsy PalmerAdrienne KingJeannine TaylorA group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.Season 1 Episode 11 - The Scare
(Serial killer's favourite horror movie.) - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Season 1 Episode 11 - The Scare
(Jen's favourite horror movie.) - DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.Season 1 Episode 12 - Beauty Contest
(Joey sings On My Own for the beauty contest talent.) - DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
Season 1 Episode 12 - Beauty Contest
(Pacey imitates Mel Gibson's character for the beauty contest talent.) - DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsTimothy BottomsJeff BridgesCybill ShepherdIn 1951, a group of high schoolers come of age in a bleak, isolated, atrophied North Texas town that is slowly dying, both culturally and economically.Season 2 Episode 1- The Kiss
(Joey and Dawson's first date screening.)
There is also another reference of this movie later in:
Season 3 Episode 20 - The Longest Day
(Joey goes up to Dawson's room to tell Dawson the truth about her and Pacey. Joey asks Dawson what he is watching. Dawson answers reminding Joey that this was the movie they saw on their first date.) - DirectorHoward DeutchStarsMolly RingwaldJon CryerHarry Dean StantonA poor girl must choose between the affections of dating her childhood sweetheart or a rich but sensitive playboy.Season 2 Episode 2 - Crossroads
(Pacey states he is living a Molly Ringwald day. Jen guesses the which movie plot it is.)
There is also another reference of this movie later in:
Season 3 Episode 17 - Cinderella Story
(Pacey refers himself to ducky and tells Jen that Joey and him were never destined to be with one another. He compares Joey and Dawson’s relationship to Andie and Blane.) - DirectorJohn HughesStarsMolly RingwaldAnthony Michael HallJustin HenryA girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday is anything but special: her family forgets about it, and she suffers from every embarrassment possible.Season 2 Episode 2 - Crossroads
(Pacey states he is living a Molly Ringwald day. Jen guesses the which movie plot it is and its Sixteen Candles.)
Season 4 Episode 4 - Future Tense
(Drue hosts a birthday party for Jen but it isn’t actually her birthday. Jen and Drue sit together on the table with a birthday cake similar to the famous scene in this movie.) - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.Season 2 Episode 2 - Crossroads
(Abby compares Joey and Dawson's relationship to this movie to make Jen feel better.) - DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsPatrick SwayzeDemi MooreWhoopi GoldbergAfter a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.Season 2 Episode 4 - Tamara's Return
(Andi's selection of movies she drops in the classroom while Pacey picks them up and makes fun of her cinema choices.) - DirectorSydney PollackStarsBarbra StreisandRobert RedfordBradford DillmanDuring post-WWII McCarthyism, a diametrically opposed couple come together only to find out that genuine friendship and physical attraction is not enough to overcome fundamental societal beliefs.Season 2 Episode 4 - Tamara's Return
(Andi's selection of movies she drops in the classroom while Pacey picks them up and makes fun of her cinema choices.) - DirectorSamuel ArmstrongNorman FergusonWilfred JacksonStarsSterling HollowayEdward BrophyHerman BingRidiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.Season 2 Episode 4 - Tamara's Return
(Andi's selection of movies she drops in the classroom while Pacey picks them up and makes fun of her cinema choices.) - DirectorRobert A. MitchellEli NewsomBrandy Joe PlambeckStarsLisa AdamMaggie AlgerRachel BanksThe rags-to-riches story of small-town all-American sweetheart Debbie Benton working to become a Texas Cowgirl Cheerleader. To afford the bus fare standing between her and that dream, she and her friends start Teen Services but it doesn't pay enough. They find their enthusiasm back when they realize they can get more money by being "good girls" and performing "little favors".Season 2 Episode 5 - Full Moon Rising
(Andi arrives to the video store and makes fun of Pacey. She asks what he is watching.) - DirectorHerbert RossStarsKevin BaconLori SingerJohn LithgowA city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.Season 2 Episode 6 - The Dance
(Beginning of the episode, Andi dances to the Footloose soundtrack.) - DirectorEmile ArdolinoStarsPatrick SwayzeJennifer GreyJerry OrbachSpending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle.Season 2 Episode 6 - The Dance
(Pacey tells Andi he can't and won't dance. He states that his moves will never be as good as Patrick Swayze's.) - DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonCyril CusackBrutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy, shrewish wife, Katharina.Season 2 Episode 7 - The All-Nighter
(Intro to the episode and discusses Shakesperan love) - DirectorPhil Alden RobinsonStarsKevin CostnerJames Earl JonesRay LiottaIowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.Season 2 Episode 7 - The All-Nighter
(Reference to the last scenes and embracing a breakup to its full potential) - DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartJean ArthurClaude RainsA naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.Season 2 Episode 8 - The Reluctant Hero
(Intro to episode, Dawson watches with Pacey) - DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.Season 2 Episode 8 - The Reluctant Hero
(Pacey is failing school, he states that he isn't the hero like Luke Skywalker in this situation)
Season 4 Episode 3 - The Two Gentlemen of Capeside
(Joey and Dawson are stuck completing a debate assignment together. Drue compares their dynamic trio; Dawson as Luke Skywalker, Pacey as Han Solo, and Joey as Princess Leia in her bad boy phase.) - DirectorDonald PetrieStarsSandra BullockMichael CaineBenjamin BrattAn F.B.I. Agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.Season 2 Episode 9 - The Election
(Joey is nominated to be the runner-up for Andie's Presidential Campaign she states that she isn't her. ) - DirectorJames CameronStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletBilly ZaneA seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.Season 2 Episode 10 - High Risk Behaviour
(Joey paints Alex's nude body, reversing the gender roles in Titanic) - DirectorAdrian LyneStarsMickey RourkeKim BasingerMargaret WhittonA woman becomes involved with a man she barely knows. Complications develop during their sexual escapades.Season 2 Episode 11 - Sex, She Wrote
(Abby mentions sexy fridge scene with Mickey Rourke) - DirectorLewis John CarlinoStarsRobert DuvallBlythe DannerMichael O'KeefeAs he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated Marine pilot.Season 2 Episode 12 - Uncharted Waters
(Dawson does character development research looking at cinema classics. Pacey asks, and Dawson answers the classic dysfunctional father-son relationship.) - DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.Season 2 Episode 12 - Uncharted Waters
(The girls go into Dawson's room and find a porn parody of the film called 'Good Will Humping.') - DirectorCameron CroweStarsTom CruiseCuba Gooding Jr.Renée ZellwegerWhen a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with him and his former colleague.Season 2 Episode 15 - ...That is the Question (Part 2)
(Pacey is suspended from school for a week and crashes at Dawson's place. He watches movie's in Dawson's room as a way to kill time. He has this movie on a continuous loop.) - DirectorFrank OzStarsKevin KlineJoan CusackTom SelleckA midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.Season 2 Episode 16 - Be Careful What You Wish For
(Dawson while drunk says a speech about each of his friends. For Jack he compares this movie to his sexuality with men and women.) - DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckEdward ArnoldA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.Season 2 Episode 17 - Psychic Friends
(In film class they watch a Capra film. Dawson discusses one of the characters (Gary Cooper) in this film explaining why his movies have such depth and contrast.) - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierDavid NivenA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.Season 2 Episode 17 - Psychic Friends
(When Joey is being photographed by a tall and dark man, Jack comes along with her and tells her to pose as the Ghost of Katherine waiting for Heathcliff.) - DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'Season 2 Episode 18 - A Perfect Wedding
(Dawson's Mom watches his second film and is really impressed although it isn't as amazing as this cinematic masterpiece.) - DirectorRonny YuStarsJennifer TillyBrad DourifKatherine HeiglChucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.Season 2 Episode 18 - A Perfect Wedding
(Dawson's Mom watches his second film and is really impressed although it isn't as bad as this cinematic disaster.) - DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsDemi MooreRob LoweAndrew McCarthyA group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood.Season 2 Episode 20 - Reunited
(Joey and the full gang are watching a movie in Dawson's room. Joey comments "St. Elmo's from hell" in a sarcastic way.) - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.Season 2 Episode 21 - Ch... Ch... Ch... Changes
(Dawson watches the film to complete a school assignment "Compare and Contrast Humphrey Bogart's character arc in Casablanca to one in your own life use examples.") - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsDaniel Day-LewisMichelle PfeifferWinona RyderA tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.Season 2 Episode 22 - Parental Discretion Advised
(Beginning to episode Joey and Dawson are screening the film.) - DirectorPaul BrickmanStarsTom CruiseRebecca De MornayJoe PantolianoA Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.Season 3 Episode 3 - Like a Virgin
(Dawson watches the movie on the bus back to Cape Cod, where he sits beside a blonde girl commenting on his choice o screening.) - DirectorRoger MichellStarsHugh GrantJulia RobertsRichard McCabeA set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.Season 3 Episode 2 - Homecoming
(Dawson gets pulled into the janitor's closet by Eve and they begin to make out while Dawson pulls away. Eve says to Dawson in the closet, "I'm just a girl, standing in a janitor's closet, Asking you to kiss her.") - DirectorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenDiane KeatonTony RobertsAlvy Singer, a divorced Jewish comedian, reflects on his relationship with ex-lover Annie Hall, an aspiring nightclub singer, which ended abruptly just like his previous marriages.Season 3 Episode 2 - Homecoming
(The Principle at Capeside asks Dawson to film a propaganda video for one of their sports teams, Dawson disagrees with it, as the principle states that film is a medium that influences, referencing that after this film women began wearing men's apparel.) - DirectorRob ReinerStarsWil WheatonRiver PhoenixCorey FeldmanA writer recounts a childhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.Season 3 Episode 4 - Home Movies
(Dawson's room contains many famous film posters. This one is in his room.) - DirectorRob ReinerStarsJohn CusackDaphne ZunigaAnthony EdwardsWalter Gibson is a university freshman going through a dry spell. His old buddy arranges a "sure thing" for him in California. Gibson and his classmate Allison then take a long road trip out to Cali, and both foil each other's plans.Season 3 Episode 4 - Home Movies
(Pacey talks Joey into skipping class. Pacey tells Joey about this film stating that, "The film elegantly portrays one life's simple truths.") - DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Pacey plays with the toy fan in Dawson's room, and says the famous line as Darth Vader "I am your Father.") - DirectorOrson WellesStarsRita HayworthOrson WellesEverett SloaneFascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Dawson watches film noir for one of his class assignments. He is perplexed and confused about this type of genre within cinema. Pacey begins to say that "they are watching the cinema of cynicism." He goes on to say that "not all of us are immune to the lure of sex as you are... not all of us would opt for the warm and fuzzy emotional connections over those a more physical nature.") - CreatorTrey ParkerMatt StoneBrian GradenStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneIsaac HayesFollows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Henry doesn't know how to act around Jen. He states to Jack that if he ever asked her out, "he would probably hurl on her like the kid from South Park.") - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsRonald ColmanMarlene DietrichJames CraigIn ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Jack has an idea foe Henry, since he can't ask Jen out. Jack's idea is similar to the plot of this film where, his first date was fate... Where two people are just happening to be at the same place and the same time.) - DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsBette DavisAnne BaxterGeorge SandersA seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Eve is a mystery and Dawson tries to find out what her true identity is. He investigates the town of Capeside to find information on her. This is the main plot of this episode.) - DirectorJohn McNaughtonStarsKevin BaconNeve CampbellMatt DillonA police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two female students.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Pacey realizes Dawson is exhausted from all of his searchings and offers him to go to the video store and watch this film-noir film.) - DirectorLes MayfieldStarsMartin LawrenceLuke WilsonPeter GreeneA former convict poses as a cop to retrieve a diamond he stole years ago.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Andie and Rob Logan go on a date to the movies and see this film. Rob makes an attempt to make Joey jealous.) - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRichard DreyfussFrançois TruffautTeri GarrRoy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.Season 3 Episode 5 - Indian Summer
(Dawson's room contains many famous film posters. This one is in his room.) - DirectorRodman FlenderStarsDevon SawaSeth GreenElden HensonA teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.Season 3 Episode 7 - Escape From Witch Island
(The movie poster posted at the screen play video store that Dawson works at.) - DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsDaniel Day-LewisWinona RyderPaul ScofieldA Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.Season 3 Episode 7 - Escape From Witch Island
(Joey asks if Dawson has the movie at the screen play video store.) - DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua LeonardThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.Season 3 Episode 7 - Escape From Witch Island
(Dawson plans to make a documentary on his neighbourhood witch island. Joey says that’s a rip off of this movie.) - DirectorJohn HughesStarsSteve MartinJohn CandyLaila RobinsA Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.Season 3 Episode 8 - Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner?
(Thanksgiving at the Ryan’s. Jack states that his father has not arrived yet which is similar to the movie’s plot.) - DirectorBill MelendezPhil RomanStarsTodd BarbeeRobin KohnStephen SheaPeppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.Season 3 Episode 8 - Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner?
(The gangs all together around the fire on thanksgiving. Dawson references this special to their special reunion.) - DirectorCameron CroweStarsJohn CusackIone SkyeJohn MahoneyA noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.Season 3 Episode 9 - Four To Tango
(Jack gets a reassuring message from a stranger on the web. He doesn’t intend on writing back but, his sister Andie insists for him to message back. “Look what happened to John Cusack!”)
Season 4 Episode 11 - The Tao of Dawson
(Dawson tells Pacey that he has feelings for Gretchen. Even though Gretchen doesn’t see him that way, he is gonna do whatever it takes to get her to like him. Pacey jokes nervously saying to Dawson if he is gonna be standing outside of her room with a radio over his head.) - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.Season 3 Episode 9 - Four To Tango
(Jen helps Dawson put up this movie poster in the front window of the screen play video store.) - DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.Season 3 Episode 9 - Four To Tango
(Jen upset compares Pacey’s relationship to Joey is the plot of this film. As she is described as Friday.) - DirectorLawrence KasdanStarsTom BerengerGlenn CloseJeff GoldblumA group of seven former college friends gather for a weekend reunion at a South Carolina vacation home after the funeral of another of their college friends.Season 3 Episode 12 - A Weekend in the Country
(Introduction to the episode. Dawson, Pacey, and Joey watch the scene where the parents dance in the kitchen.) - DirectorWes CravenStarsDavid ArquetteNeve CampbellCourteney CoxWhile Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.Season 3 Episode 14 - Valentine’s Day Massacre
(Joey makes another offer to go see this film at the theatre rather than agreeing to go to the big party with the others.) - DirectorRidley ScottStarsSusan SarandonGeena DavisHarvey KeitelTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.Season 3 Episode 18 - Neverland
(Andie tells Jen and Joey that they need a little estrogen boost. She tells them that they always spend their time with boys and that they need some female energy from this movie. They agree to make plans to have a girls night out.) - DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsPaul NewmanTom CruiseMary Elizabeth MastrantonioFast Eddie Felson teaches a cocky but immensely talented protégé the ropes of pool hustling, which in turn inspires him to make an unlikely comeback.Season 3 Episode 19 - Stolen Kisses
(Will and Pacey agree to play pool at Dawson's Aunt's place. Andie assumes pool is really easy. Will disagrees stating its a skill and offers to teach Andie. She jokes around stating he is Tom Cruise in this movie.) - DirectorAlan J. PakulaStarsDustin HoffmanRobert RedfordJack Warden"The Washington Post" reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation.Season 3 Episode 20 - The Longest Day
(Jen tells Dawson that she finished watching this film. She is wondering when she should return his tape back.) - DirectorWilliam WylerStarsCharlton HestonJack HawkinsStephen BoydAfter a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend in 1st-century Jerusalem, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge.Season 3 Episode 21 - Show Me Love
(Dawson's mom is shocked that Dawson's Dad is helping Dawson win the boat race. Dawson's dad doesn't think it is such a big deal. He states, "It's not Ben-Hur it's a boat race.") - DirectorPier Paolo PasoliniStarsHugh GriffithLaura BettiNinetto DavoliPasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.Season 3 Episode 22 - The Anti-Prom
(Joey has a final, and is frustrated by its evaluation reciting the introduction to this movie in perfect middle english.) - DirectorVictor FlemingKing VidorStarsJudy GarlandFrank MorganRay BolgerYoung Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.Season 3 Episode 23 - True Love
(Jen tells Dawson to recognize the reality of life and with Joey's romantic involvement. She states, "We aren't in Capeside anymore toto." Which is a modified quote from this famous film.)
Season 4 Episode 4 - Future Tense
(Paceys sister asks Dawson what is bothering him. Dawson feels he is finding university as a advantage to run away from his problems. Paceys sister quotes to him the plot of this movie and how no matter how great the place is far away there is nothing like home. You get to meet all kinds of different people and experience so many different things but you will always have your heart at home.) - DirectorSpike JonzeStarsJohn CusackCameron DiazCatherine KeenerA puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.Season 4 Episode 1 - Coming Home
(Dawson's new bedroom has only one movie poster hanging which is this film.) - DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.Season 4 Episode 1 - Coming Home
(Joey and Pacey have returned back to Capeside from their long summer trip. Coming back they feel as though they have been forgotten. Stating the their arrival is like the opposite to this movie, feeling like no one in this town missed them at all.) - DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsGeorge ClooneyMark WahlbergJohn C. ReillyAn unusually intense storm pattern catches some commercial fishermen unaware and puts them in mortal danger.Season 4 Episode 3 - Two Gentlemen of Capeside
(Jen and Pacey get stuck in a storm out of sea. Pacey disregarding the weather, Jen is upset that he never told her the weather forecast before they got out. She jokes in a sarcastic way that his training and lack of fear comes from this film as preparation.) - DirectorGary RossStarsTobey MaguireJeff DanielsJoan AllenTwo 1990s teenage siblings find themselves transported to a 1950s sitcom where their influence begins to profoundly change that colorless, complacent world.Season 4 Episode 4 - Future Tense
(Drue talking to Jen, both coming from New York City and moving to a small town. Drue refers to Capeside as this town in this movie.) - DirectorArthur PennStarsWarren BeattyFaye DunawayMichael J. PollardBored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.Season 4 Episode 5 - A Family Way
(Pacey and Joey discuss this movie as the symbol of their relationship and how breaking into the bank cures both their money and boredom issues.) - DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsPaul NewmanRobert RedfordKatharine RossIn 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid lead a band of outlaws. When a train robbery goes wrong, they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. After considering their options, they escape to South America.Season 4 Episode 8 - The Unusual Suspects
Pacey mocks his now relationship with Dawson. Saying that he and Dawson are not as close anymore as the two main characters in this film. - DirectorBryan SingerStarsKevin SpaceyGabriel ByrneChazz PalminteriThe sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.Season 4 Episode 8 - The Unusual Suspects
This entire episode parodies this movie. The principle tries to interrogate the 4 boys (Drue, Dawson, Jack, and Pacey) who pulled the prank. The episode looks into the four characters lives that day of the prank. - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.Season 4 Episode 10 - Self-Reliance
Dawson is filming Arthur for his new documentary. Dawson argues with Arthur Brooks about Kung fu sequences in this film and the use of camera work. - DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Season 4 Episode 10 - Self-Reliance
Dawson is filming Arthur for his new documentary. Dawson argues with Arthur Brooks about Kung fu sequences in this film and the use of camera work. - DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweJoaquin PhoenixConnie NielsenA former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.Season 4 Episode 10 - Self-Reliance
Dawson is filming Arthur for his new documentary. Dawson argues with Arthur Brooks about Kung fu sequences in this film and the use of camera work. In argument, Dawson says to Arthur, “Now your gonna say what’s wrong with Gladiator”. With him responding back with, “A tad over the top.” - DirectorCurtis HansonStarsKevin SpaceyRussell CroweGuy PearceAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.Season 4 Episode 10 - Self-Reliance
Dawson is filming Arthur for his new documentary. Dawson continues to argue with Arthur Brooks opinion about Gladiator. Stating that it lacks emotions. Dawson argues back saying that, made this movie so great. Arthur comments back stating, “that sexy blonde”. Later on agreeing that this movie was good. - DirectorJohn FordStarsJames StewartJohn WayneVera MilesA senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.Season 4 Episode 10 - Self-Reliance
Dawson is filming Arthur for his new documentary. Since, LA confidential, Arthur says the last good movie he saw was this one.